BLANDISHMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blandishment mean? 

• BLANDISHMENT (noun)
  The noun BLANDISHMENT has 2 senses:

1. flattery intended to persuade

2. the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery

  Familiarity information: BLANDISHMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLANDISHMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flattery intended to persuade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

blandishment; cajolery; palaver

Hypernyms ("blandishment" is a kind of...):

flattery (excessive or insincere praise)

Derivation:

blandish (praise somewhat dishonestly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

blandishment; wheedling

Hypernyms ("blandishment" is a kind of...):

enticement; temptation (the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blandishment"):

ingratiation; insinuation (the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments)

Derivation:

blandish (praise somewhat dishonestly)

 Context examples 

But Miss Mowcher, finding that I was not at present disposed for any decoration within the range of her art, and that I was, for the time being, proof against the blandishments of the small bottle which she held up before one eye to enforce her persuasions, said we would make a beginning on an early day, and requested the aid of my hand to descend from her elevated station.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)